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Helvetia is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation.
Standing Helvetia on obverse of a Swiss 2-franc coin
A Swiss five-franc coin with the Latin inscription Confœderatio Helvetica
Helvetia (right) with "Geneva" (monument in Geneva)
Helvetia auf Reisen ("Helvetia on her travels"), statue in Basel
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Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe. It is bordered by Germany to the north, France to the wes
Helvetia
…Helvetia () is a national personification of Switzerland, officially Confoederatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation. The allegory is typically pictured in a flowing clothing, with a spear and a shield…
Founded in 44 BC by Lucius Munatius Plancus, Augusta Raurica (near Basel) was the first Roman settlement on the Rhine and is now among the most important archaeological sites in Switzerland.
The Old Swiss Confederacy from 1291 (dark green) to the sixteenth century (light green) and its associates (blue). In the other colours shown are the subject territories.
The 1291 Bundesbrief (federal charter)
The Act of Mediation was Napoleon's attempt at a compromise between the Ancien Régime and a Republic.